The majority of the remains were found under that building, a History Flight spokeswoman told BBC News. Getty Images A burial at sea for US marines killed in the Battle of Tarawa Since 2015 ...

Merchant Marine Wiper ... on Betio and the Tarawa Atoll, and in 2017, members of the nonprofit organization History Flight ...

"When you unearth remains that haven't been seen for generations ... "We have the pictures of the Tarawa Marines who are still MIA in our lab on the island, and we walk past their pictures ...